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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the interview process explained to Joe?
(a) It is the hospitals way of talking to the people in the cottage.
(b) The patients need to ensure all of their affairs are in order this way.
(c) The hospital wants to be sure that no one is infected.
(d) It is the manner in which the patients can tell their story.

2. What does Mark tell Beverly about Brian?
(a) That Brian continues to worry for her and call her.
(b) That she is no good for him.
(c) That he doesn't want to see her again.
(d) That his condition is terminal.

3. What does the interviewer tell Agnes Felicity is enduring?
(a) Physical and mental anguish.
(b) A false sense of security and understanding.
(c) Senility which keeps her in the dark.
(d) Medical science's worst.

4. It could be said that Joe and Felicity are further along in the acceptance of their disease than which of the following characters?
(a) Their families.
(b) Brian.
(c) Beverly and Mark.
(d) Agnes.

5. Which of the following is the best synonym for the term affable?
(a) Likable.
(b) Sociable.
(c) Unwilling.
(d) Generous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What draws Joe's attention to the interview area?

2. How does Beverly feel about the information that Mark shares with her?

3. What is Brian doing all of the time that he is unsure of the cause of?

4. What does the reality of terminal illness force people to do?

5. Where is the setting for the opening of this play?

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